Improvement in washing-machines



noch sete ANDREW JACKSON' NAVE, orv COLUMBUS, TEXAS.

Laers Patent-N0.'111,374,\f1a1ea Jamey 31, 1871;

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letten Patent and making part of thesame.

To all lwhom it'nmy concern:

)Be it known that I, ANDREW JACKSON NAVE, of Columbus, in the county`olvOolorado and State of Texas, have invented a new and usefulImprovement i'n Washing-Machine;'and I d o hereby declare that thefollowing isa full, clear,4 and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled inthe artto make and use the sa1ne,'1'eferencebeing had to the accompanying drawiug'forming part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a Aside View of my improvedmachine, part being broken away'to show the construction.

Figure 2 is a detail vertical section ofthe same, taken through the linea: a1, fig.'1.

, Similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding,

. parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved machine forwashing'wool, clothes, Ste., which shall be simple in construction',convenient in -use, and effective in operation, being so vconstructed asto wash theclothes quickly, thoroughly,.and with very little wear; and

AIt consists inthe construction and combination of various parts of themachine, as hereinafter more fully `A is the box or tub of themachiue,vwhich'is made in the form of ,a short semi-cylinder, and iss'etupon legs 1 3, of such a ,length as to-rai'se the machine 'to acured to each other.A

" The body orsides of the cage E areformed of radial` strips, the inneror converging ends of which are' attached .to circular plates, to .whichare secured the journals D, and the otheror dverging endsof which stripsare attached to a ring-plate, which thus unites the two cones or partsofthe cage..

. The vmiddle parts :of the radial stripswhich form the sidesof the cageare strengthened or heldin their proper relative positions by narrowring-plates, to

which the said strips arc attached.

A portion of one side of the cage E is made de-A tachable, to serve as adoor for the insertion and removal of the articles to be washed.' Thisdoor may behinged at its narrow end, and providedwith a spring-catch atits other end for convenience in operating it.

To the projecting end of one of lthe journals D is I attached a largegear-wheel, Ii, into the teeth of which mesh the teeth of thesmallgear-wheel Gr, which is pivoted to, the side of the box A, and withwhich is connected the crank H by which the machine is 0perated.

In using the machine the clothes or. other articles to be washed areplaced in the cage E, which is then revolved.

The. weight of the clothes forces them into the narrow parts-of thecavity ofthe said cage as the said lcage is revolved, washing theclothes clean in a very short time.

If desired, balls may be placed in the cage E, with the articles to bewashed, which-will enable the'said articles to bc washed more quickly.

v Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentlhe doublelcone-shapeiiwheel or cage E, con:

structed substautiallyas herein shown and described,

in combination with the journals D,gearwheels F G, crank H, beA, andcover B, as and for the pur-` pose set forth.

ANDREW JACKSON NAVE.

Witnesses:

M. J. GONNELLY, J. N. BINKLEY.

